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Low Cut
Dead End

Album FR 2017 on Rugged Records label
Hip-Hop/Rap (Boom Bap)

Stuck in the depths of a dark alley, blocked by yet another breeze, hitting a stone wall, road sign ahead: Dead End. Impasse. “Cul-de-sac”. Hip‐hop. The original, some would say, official music of the late 20th Century Bronx. Some say it has endured it’s fair share of distractions, detractors and defectors. Some say it has murdered itself, having been abandoned by its so‐called best men, those who have gone off in other directions, or who have, simply, just beat‐retired. Yet, there are plenty of Soldier Monks still out there, prepared to sweat it out in the Temple of Machinery and Mics. Low Cut honored this cause four years ago, with his MPC crafted minimalist version of NY Minute and he’s back to ring the bells and unsheathe the samples! The starting point of Dead End’s production remains the 90’s boom-bap, but the will to carry it even further brings it to its destination. By decorating it with rich samples flushed out after digging through vinyls pressed several decades ago, it is guided by a compass pointing deposits to the East. With sound quality inherited from a fastidious composition and mix works, using inspiration rather than just being a copycat, Dead End celebrates it without setting it up as a museum piece. Picturing the beatmaker stuck in the depths of a dark alley, ended with a brick wall, is easy. But far from isolated in his Parisian basement, Low Cut has rung phones in New York, Baltimore and Detroit, rounding up the faithful. He magnetized the hidden but sharp forces, and gained attendance of legends. The casting of Dead End : Ruste Juxx & Nutso, Dirt Platoon, Guilty Simpson, Torae, Rasheed Chappell and the stainless Masta Ace, among other beat crushers. Also starring DJ Duke, Nix’on, Topic and Ordoeuvre with their DMC titles crates, for a deep beatfight on bars scarified of scratches. Heavy atmosphere, martial beats and street soul, Dead End is also the final episode of the projects initiated by Low Cut, based on the model of a producer inviting various MCs. He will then replace his turntable needles, refresh his sample banks, and settle the BPMs of his productions on more abstract frequencies.

Musicians

	Low Cut sampler, FR scratches, producer, mixed by, album by
	DJ Nix'on , FR scratches, featuring
	Masta Ace , *1966 US featuring
	Torae , *1979 US featuring
	Nutso , featuring
	Ruste Juxx voc, *1978 US featuring
	Ide voc, featuring
	Jise One , featuring
	Rasheed Chappell , US featuring
	Soul The American Dream , featuring
	CF , featuring
	Dontique , US featuring
	Clever One , featuring
	Team Thoro , featuring
	Guilty Simpson voc, *1980 US featuring
	Napoléon Da Legend voc, FR featuring
	Paloma Pradal voc, FR featuring
	Wildelux , featuring
	G.O.D. Pt. III , featuring
	Jamil Honesty , featuring
	Jmerk , featuring
	King Magnetic , US featuring
	DJ Duke , FR featuring
	Dj Topic , featuring
	Ordoeuvre* , featuring
	Hex One , *1989 CO featuring
	Milez Grimez , featuring
	Q-Unique voc, featuring
	Xplicit Content , featuring
	Dirt Platoon , US featuring
	Wyld Bunch , featuring
	Eff Yoo , featuring
	Spit Gemz , featuring
	EMS , featuring
	M-Dot , *1984 US featuring
	Mayhem , featuring
	Revalation , featuring

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